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[quote]Assalam-u-Alaikum mfonerr,

As I said; [i]“I know only good of him”[/i]. Though his concept of God differs to ours, he did believe in God. The Pope has a different faith to our own, but wasn’t one to slander ours. Quite to the contrary, he was for peace between people of different faiths. He was for dialog. He had good things to say about our faith too. Why he did not become Muslim is something that is best known to God. All I can say is that from what I know of him, he was a good person. I am not aware of anything in Islam which prohibits me from expressing my honest opinion in all this. God will be the final judge; not me. I do not believe that all people from other faiths are bad and I could not say that they are all condemned to Hell. Such a thing very much depends on their intentions and whether they made best use of the capabilities God bestowed upon them. Their ultimate destination is in God’s knowledge and hands, this is clear.

The example of our Prophet (p) was to express condolences when a person died; even if he was of a different faith:

[green]Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: A funeral procession passed in front of us and the Prophet stood up and we too stood up. We said, 'O Allah's Apostle! This is the funeral procession of a Jew." He said, [hl]"Whenever you see a funeral procession, you should stand up."[/hl] – [b][black]Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23, Number 398[/black] [/b]

Narrated 'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila: Sahl bin Hunaif and Qais bin Sad were sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya. A funeral procession passed in front of them and they stood up. They were told that funeral procession was of one of the inhabitants of the land i.e. of a non-believer, under the protection of Muslims. They said,[/green] [blue]"A funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet and he stood up. When he was told that it was the coffin of a Jew, he said,[/blue] [hl]"Is it not a living being (soul)?"[/hl] [b]– Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 23, Number 399[/b]

regards[/quote]

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